[Mailman-Developers] Pre-select defer/accept/discard/reject for all mails

[Terri Oda]

On Jul 18, 2004, at 4:43 AM, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
>> For Mailman 2.1.5, we find the following update which is mentioned in
>> the mailman-2.1.5/NEWS file:
>>     - The admindb page has a checkbox that allows you to discard all 
>> held
>>       messages that are marked Defer.  On heavy lists with lots of 
>> spam
>>       holds, this makes clearing them much faster."
> So you first approve all legitimate emails, get a new legitimate email
> and discard all spam inclusive the last legitimate mail you just got.
>
> Don't really like that idea because of that li'l race...

Well, you *could* do it that way... but I would assume that people go 
through the list, mark all the ones they want to accept/reject, then 
hit the checkbox so the others are discarded.  No race.

  Terri